So.. Here's my list:

J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lords of the Rings...)

C.S. Lewis (Narnia...)

Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass...)

Terry Pratchett (Discworld-series...)

Leo Tolstoi (Anna Karenina, War and Peace...)

John Irving

Charles Dickens

Stieg Larsson (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo...)

Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook...)

Jane Austen

Yeah.. Shame on me. I should really read at least some of these...